The Indian education system’s flaws and solutions

WRITTEN BY :-SHREYANSH SHARMA 

EDUCATION SYSTEM IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR A COUNTRT

EDUCATION IS SOMETHING WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERY ONE .ACCORDING TO MY FRONT OF VIEW EDUCATION MAKES A PERSON CAPABLE IN EARNING MONEY .IN THIS BLOG WE TALK ABOUT MANY TOPICS RELEATED TO .

The Indian education system’s flaws and solutions

Throw some light on the problems faced by education system in India. What are your suggestions to solve these problems?

Issues

1. Lack of infrastructure
Approximately 95.2 per cent of schools are not yet compliant with the complete set of RTE infrastructure indicators according to survey conducted in 2010.They lacks drinking water facilities, a functional common toilet, and do not have separate toilets for girls.


Number of boards causes non uniformity of curriculum throughout India so maintenance of quality standard is quite difficult.

3. Poor global ranking of institutes
Only 4 universities are featured in first 400 .This is largely because of high faculty-student ratio and lack of research capacity

4. System of education
Education is information based rather than knowledge based. The whole focus is on cramming information rather than understanding it and analyzing it.

5. Gap between education provided and industry required education
Industry faces a problem to find suitable employee as education provided is not suitable for directly working in industry so before that a company is required to spend large amount on providing training for employee.

6. Gender issues
Traditional Indian society suffers from many kind of discrimination so there are many hurdles in education of unprivileged sections of society like women, SC, ST and minority

7. Costly higher education
Very minimal amount of subsidy is provided for higher education so if student seeks to get chances of higher education still he misses out because of lack of economical resources

8. Inadequate government Funding
The demand for financial resources far exceeds the supply. Very small amount is available for innovative programs and ideas.

How to solve these problems?

1. Adoption of technology
Effective use of technological tools in teaching has many benefits. It will solve the many problems of infrastructure, quality

2. Teacher training
Teachers' training remains one of the most chaotic, neglected and deficient sectors of India's vast education system. This needs to be changed as they virtually hold the destiny of the future generations in their hands

3. More government spending
India targeted towards devoting 6% share of the GDP towards the educational sector, the performance has definitely fallen short of expectations. Also funding is needed to be spend on building infrastructure

4. Inclusive education system
Growth in education sector should incorporate all sections of society like rural, urban poor ,woman Backward classes etc.

5. Quality education
Education provided should meet needs of student. e.g. education provided to hearing impaired or slow learners. It should allow them to enhance their skills and get better employment options

6. PPP model
Public-Private sources and to encourage the active participation of the private sector in national development. It is more forcefully advocated when public resources are projected to be inadequate to meet needs.

7. IES
An All India Education Services should be established which will decide the policies of education in consultation with educationalists

8. Education policy
Educational policy need frequent update. It should cover personality development aspect of student It should also imbibe values of culture and social services

What are the problems faced by first generation school goers?
1. Family background and support
Family background is quite different for such children. They might not get same support as other students have and that will have huge psychological impact .Sometimes their famil;y can not fulfill their resources need

2. Different socio-economic opportunities
First generation school-goers might come from poor or lower middle class so less socio-economic opportunities are there for them as compared to other students.

3. Too much pressure on them
First generation school-goers undergo a lot of pressure as their family has a lot of expectations from them.

4. Lack of guidance at home
Nobody is able to solve the problems in their studies at home as other members of family are illiterate. In that case they have to rely largely on guidance at school.

5. Feeling of insecurity
Approach toward them might be different that will cause insecure feeling among them.

Rise of blended learning ecosystem:

"The pandemic exacerbated the already growing boom in EdTech, but there has also been an overexposure of technology recently. This has led to digital fatigue, especially for young kids who are unused to being in front of the screen for so long," said Shourie Chatterji, Chief Digital Officer, Schoolnet.

Impact of Politics and concerns with the Indian education system India is the largest democracy in the world. India has the largest number of political parties, which take part in election campaign. In the 1996 national elections, almost 600 million people voted and an average of 26 candidates competed for each of the 543 territorial constituency seats. Elections are held at different levels in India. The two major election levels are at national level, after which the national government is established and at state level after which the state government is established. Elections are also held for city, town and village councils. Indian politics has different political issues. However these issues remain to be issues without any solutions for decades. Some issues are national level and some regional level. Some communities demand more economical and social rights for their communities, while others demand more autonomy for their cultures within the Indian states. Some demanded autonomous states within the Indian Union, while the others demanded to be independent from India. However, with all its problems India survives as a single state with democratic character. But a number of political problems still exist and remain unsolved in India. Education system is undoubtedly the foundation of a nation. Education makes man civilized and therefore the country. It makes the mankind literate in ethics and moral values. If we have a well nurtured and balanced education system, then half the task of the country’s development is done. But when we look into the Indian context in India education system ,it is suffering with many issues that needs to be addressed at the earliest, we have some very big problems and thus the challenges are tougher. The problem that we come across on a daily basis and in large scale is political corruption in the education system. Today is the age of innovation and specialisation. And with this fast moving techno-age, the Indian educational system seems to go nowhere. Though we are aware about the progressive minds of Indian students all over the world, we tend to overlook the fact that most of them find abode abroad in USA or Australia. Let us focus on some stark realities and realize that Indian educational system in serious crisis.

Quality education and skills training are two of the most critical ingredients for youth empowerment, for the demographic dividend, and for a prosperous and peaceful India. The access to education is now almost universal; we have built schools, provided mid-day meals, uniforms and textbooks to attract students to schools. And more than 96% of school-going age children are in schools.

However, the learning outcomes are getting worse. Over the last five years, the percentage of class 5 students who can read a class 2 level text or do the math has been actually declining (details at www.acercentre.org). The biggest reason by far of this declining quality of education is the governance system of state education and particularly the lack of active engagement and commitment of teachers to their students. On a given day, 25% of government school teachers are absent, one out of every four teachers just does not show up for work! Among those who do, one fourth are not engaged in teaching activity. How could students learn when teachers are absent or not teaching?

To build an ecosystem of education and skills training that can meet the challenges of the 21st century, we need a revolution, a paradigm shift in the role that the state, markets and civil society should play.

The role of the state needs three key changes:

• from controller to facilitator
• from producer to financier
• from inspector to informer

Let me illustrate this by discussing the concerns of equity and efficiency and how they can be met through this new vision of the role of the state.

Equity and efficiency in economic and social goods

In the post-liberalisation India, the importance of the private sector in economic growth is well understood and appreciated. Not even die-hard socialists argue that the state should occupy ‘the commanding heights’ of the economy any more. For economic growth, the state’s role is primarily to enable the private sector as a facilitator, prudent regulator, impartial enforcer of contracts, and at times as a financier (say through public private partnerships).

As the Indian Education System is facing so many problems, we need to come up with effective solutions so it improves and creates a brighter future for students. We can start by focusing on the skill development of the students. The schools and colleges must not only focus on the ranks and grades but on the analytical and creative skills of children.

In addition, subjects must not be merely taught theoretically but with practical. This will help in a better understanding of the subject without them having to mug up the whole thing due to lack of practical knowledge. Also, the syllabus must be updated with the changing times and not follow the old age pattern.

Other than that, the government and private colleges must now increase the payroll of teachers. As they clearly deserve more than what they offer. To save money, the schools hire teachers who are not qualified enough. This creates a very bad classroom environment and learning. They must be hired if they are fit for the job and not because they are working at a lesser salary.

In conclusion, the Indian education system must change for the better. It must give the students equal opportunities to shine better in the future. We need to let go of the old and traditional ways and enhance the teaching standards so our youth can get create a better world.